Did your congregation have "Talent" Shows?

lepermessiah

I saw this video on Youtube and didnt know if I should laugh or crawl into the fetal position.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBM0t-qHlLc&feature=related

We had several "talent" shows over the years in my original congregation - it was the only annual gathering more nauseating that the meetings.

My friend and I would always bring our walkmans and blare heavy metal in the back - hoping to block out the embarassing crap on the stage.You always had a few older ones get up on stage and slaughter a Kingdumb Song.

Cagefighter

Pass the kool aid... I'm ready to that big gulp towards the spaceship.

OUTLAW

That was God Awefull..

You could use them to Rob a Bank..

" Give us all your money or,these women are going to Sing!"..

............................ ...OUTLAW

maninthemiddle

Wow that song just got worse!

mrsjones5

Boy, that brought back memories of Sister Love pounding on the piano during the song and the congregation singing off-key in my ear.

brizzzy

Our congregation had a talent show one year, in honor of a poor kid going off to Bethel. I must have been 13 or 14. My mother had me write an epic JW/Bethel-themed medley (to the tunes of "American Pie", the "Gilligan's Island" theme, and other random music) for her, me, and my sister to sing/dance.

It was pretty miserable, but at least it was funny (I had a sense of humor even then), and wasn't boring like the Kingdom Melodies that many other people sang. Those women in that video up there sound positively mournful.

maninthemiddle

That sounds cool Brizzy. I helped out in a show when a releative when went to Bethel, we had several songs, not one of them a kingdom maladey.

Why must there always be someone who has to sing the same songs we endure 6 times a week?

blondie

Actually, we did and they were quite good, lot of musicians, singers, comedians, and amateur stage directors. It was amazing the talents you found.

brizzzy

In the same talent show, the daughter of the PO (who was actually a pretty decent, laid-back guy) and her friend sang No Doubt's "Just a Girl" and apparently it scandalized some of the more prissy congregation members. I guess good Witness girls shouldn't be singing "feminist dreck" :-\

But then, these were the same people who were offended by my referring to Job's wife as a "bitch" in my American Pie saga (hey, what else rhymes as well with "these boils are really starting to itch"?)

wannabefree

Come on, all talent shows, get togethers, whatever, with whoever, can get downright corney and embarrassing ... but some people have fun with it, nothing wrong with having a little fun.

Did your congregation have "Talent" Shows?

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